Some WTO Members Realize
Trade Changes Will Be Slow

By

Bhushan Bahree Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Sept. 26, 1996 12:01 a.m. ET

GENEVA -- Reality is finally beginning to take hold at the World Trade Organization.

Exaggerated expectations among some WTO members of the trade body's first ministerial meeting on Dec. 9-13 in Singapore have given way to the realization that dramatic trade liberalization moves aren't in the cards. One exception is the possible end to tariffs on semiconductors and computer equipment.